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AANS = Australian Army Nursing Services
BRSC = British Red Cross Society
CAMC = Canadian Army Medical Corps
IMNS = Indian Military Nursing Service
MAS= Medical Auxiliary Service
NZANS = New Zealand Army Nursing Service
SAMNS = South African Military Nursing Service
TANS = Territorial Army Nursing Service
TFNS = Territorial Force Nursing Service
QAIMNS/R = Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve)
VAD = Voluntary Aid Detachments
Mary Jennette ROBBINS. Nursing Sister, 14704 QARNNS, Royal Naval Hospital Chatham. Died of Broncho pneumonia, cardiac failure on the morning of 4 November 1918 aged 28 at Royal Naval Hospital, Chatham, Kent. At rest in St Mary Churchyard, Lancashire.
Daughter of Elizabeth Hannah Robins, of 59, Irving Place, Blackburn, and the late Charles Robins. At rest in St Mary Churchyard, Lancashire.
Elizabeth ROBINSON. Nursing Sister,9 Nurses/R212 TFNS attached No 3 British General Hospital, Basra. Died on active service 14 July 1919 at 3rd British General Hospital, Basra
Mary ROBINSON (Mrs) Nurse BRCS (East Lancashire Branch VAD at Albert Road Military Hospital, Colne, Lancashire. Died 12 February 1918 aged 39 of septic poisoning contracted while attending to the wounded in the Albert Road Military Hospital, Colne.
Mary A RODWELL. Staff Nurse, QAIMNSR. On Hospital Ship Anglia, formerly SS Anglia. Died at sea 17 November 1915. Commemorated on the Hollywell Memorial, Southampton, Hampshire.
Clara ROGERS. Sister 215273 TANS. Died 21 April 1944 aged 22 years. At rest in St Michael Churchyard, Pinhoe, Devon.
Hermione Angela ROGERS. Nurse VAD 14th Wiltshire Detachment Drowned at sea 31 December 1917 aged 22 years. At rest in Hadra War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Margaret ROGERS. Staff Nurse 22/175 NZANS. New Zealand No1 Stationary Hospital. Drowned at sea 23 October 1915 aged 29
Nellie Grace ROGERS. Sister CAMC. Died of pneumonia at Davisville Hospital 19 October 1918 aged 28. At rest in Fairview Cemetery, Listowel, Canada
Mary ROLASON. Nurse BRCS, VAD Born 1891 West Bromwich Staffordshire 1 March 1918, transferred for duty to Mayfield Hospital, Birmingham where she died 8 October 1918.
Mary Elizabeth ROME. Nursing Sister. Died 30 October 1918 aged 33.
Olive Temple ROPER. Nurse VAD. Born 1893 at Shepherds Bush, London. 1911 residing with her parents at 36 Weltje Road, Hammersmith. Died at Fulham 26 November 1918 aged 38.
Gertrude Lucinda ROSKELL. Nurse 5540, VAD, 17th General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt. Died of appendicitis 31 October 1915 aged 38. At rest in Chatby Military and War Memorial, Cemetery, Egypt
Ada Janet ROSS. Sister CAMC of No 1 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples. Died of tuberculosis, peritonitis and pleurisy, at 8 pm in Convalescent Hospital at Northwood, Buxton, Derbyshire 12 July 1918 aged 50. At rest in Buxton Cemetery, Derbyshire.
Elsie Gertrude ROSS. Matron CAMC. Station at Camp Hospital and Soldiers Convalescent Home, Toronto. She was admitted to the General Hospital, Toronto 20 February and died of pleuropneumonia 26 February 1916 aged 33. At rest in Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
Isabella ROSS, nee Clarkson. (Master of Arts) Nurse, Medical Auxiliary Service. Died on the sinking of evacuation ship S.S. Tanjong Pinang which was bombed and sunk by the Japanese 17 February 1942 in the Banka Straits off the east coast of Sumatra. She did not survive the bombing, aged 52
Mary Jane Colvin ROSS. Red Cross Matron of Hope Hospital.
Awarded the Royal Red Cross 1st Class Medal. Died at Hope Hospital 23 December 1940 aged 61. At rest in Salford Cemetery.
Elizabeth ROTHERY. Staff Nurse AANS. Died 15 June 1918 aged 33.
Died of an illness 15 June 1918 aged 33 at Beech Forest, Victoria
Australia. At rest in Beechworth Cemetery, Victoria, Australia.
Helena May ROWLANDS Nurse TFNS. Died 10 May 1919 aged 26.
Died 10 May 1919 aged 26 of scarlet fever in a Liverpool Hospital, England. At rest in Abergele Cemetery, Denbighshire
Olive Kathleen ROWLETT. Sister QARNNS. Served on board H.M.Hospital Ship, Drina. Killed at sea 30 December 1915 aged 28. "Killed in destruction of H.M.S. Natal in Cromarty Firth. (She was a guest aboard HMS Natal when it exploded). Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent.
Louise Isabel ROY. 83/R/229 VAD Nursing. Born 1892 Died of influenza and pneumonia 9 February 1919. Her father William Roy was granted a gratuity 13 December 1919.
Gladys Eleanor RUNTON. (Miss) Nurse BRCS. VAD Died of pneumonia following influenza in Andover, Hampshire 17 October 1918 aged 42. At rest in Northern Cemetery, Hull, Yorkshire.
Alice Maud RUSSELL. Staff Nurse QAIMNSR Died at Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, London 4 October 1916 aged 42 of septic glands following diphtheria, contracted on duty in Malta.
Banka Island Massacre
Lavinia Jean RUSSELL. Nursing Sister NX70571 AANS attached to 10th Australian General Hospital. She was killed on the sinking of Vyner Brooke which was sank by the Japanese at Banka Strait the 14 February 1942 she was aged 32. Commemorated on the Singapore Memorial, Singapore
Winifred RUSSELL. Matron 208018 QAIMNS. 17th Combined General Hospital, Malaya. She died on the sinking of S.S. Tandjong Pinang by the Japanese off Pom Pong Islane14 February 1942 aged 54
Eileen Mary RUTHERFORD. Nursing Sister AANS VFX65924 attached to 2/3rd Australian Hospital Ship, Centaur. Died aged 33 at sea on the sinking of the hospital ship by a Japanese submarine 14 May 1943. Commemorated on the Sydney Memorial, New South Wales, Australia.
Olive Mabel RYLANCE. Nurse BRCS VAD. She died 4 August 1918 aged 25 from Laryngeal Phthisis (consumption of the throat) which developed during her work at No 10 General Hospital Rouen in 1916.
Margaret Caroline RYLE. Nurse, VAD attached to Russian Red Cross Hospital, Nish. Died from an accident while working in a Russian Red Cross Hospital. Nish, Serbia 21 February 1915 aged 23 years. At rest in Chela Kula Military Cemetery, NIS, Serbia.
Barbara Esmee St. JOHN. BRCS Nurse. Died 12 October 1916 aged 31
Gertrude Irene SADLER. Senior Matron 254580 SAMNS
Missing presume killed in action 4 October 1945 aged 41. Commemorated on the Cassino Memorial, Italy. added find other
Gladys SAILS. Nurse. Died 4 October 1945. added find other
Gladys Gwendoline SAILS. British Red Cross Nurse. VAD at the Victoria and Danygraig Red Cross Hospital, Swansea.
Born 20 October1889 at Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, to Richard Laywock and Mary Elizabeth Sails, nee Jones Died on meningitis 15 December 1917 aged 28. At rest in Oystermouth Cemetery. Swansea, South Wales
Banka Island Massacre Vyner Brook
Florence Aubin SALMON. Nursing Sister (Lieutenant) NFX70991 AANS attached to 10th Australian General Hospital. On the 16 February 1942 the nurses were ordered to march into the sea and stand in a row where they were shot from behind. She was aged 26.
Commemorated on the Singapore Memorial, Singapore.
Sister SALVATOR. Sister of Marist Mission, Nyasaland Nursing Service. Died in Malawi 8 September 1918 aged 28. At rest in Mangochi Town Cemetery Malawi
Mary (Mae) Belle SAMPSON. (Mentioned in Despatches) Sister CAMC. On Hospital Ship, Llandovery Castle. Killed at sea on the sinking of her ship by a German U-Boat U-86, 27 June 1918 aged 28
Lady, Lelia Mathilda SAMUELSON. Nurse, BRCS. VAD attached to Hospital Anglo-Belge Albert, Rouen. Died 18 June 1915 aged 63
Ruth Ada SANDERSON. Sister 22/287 NZANS. Died post discharge of toxaemia and heart failure, and disease of liver and kidneys at Hamilton, New Zealand 25 November 1925 aged 36 Death was due to war service.
Gladys Irene SARE. Nursing Sister, CAMC. On Hospital Ship, Llandovery Castle. Died at sea on the sinking of her ship by a German U-Boat U-86, 27 June 1918 aged 36. Commemorated on the Halifax Memorial, Nova Scotia, Canada.
K SARODE. Aux Nursing Service Cadet 2784 ANS (India).
Born 1926 to A. K. Sarode, of Nagpur, India. Died 27 September 1945 aged 19. Commemorated on the Delhi /Karachi 1939-1945 War Memorials India.
Mary SATCHELL. S.R.N., S.C.M. Nursing Sister 209275 QAIMNSR.
Daughter of William James Satchell and of Jeanne Satchell (nee Faulkner). Died 8 May 1944. At rest in Newport Cemetery, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Emily SAUNDERS. Nurse BRCS. Died of enteric (typhoid) fever 1 June 1916 aged 26. At rest Delhi Memorial (india Gate) CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Buried Karachi Cemetery India. Photograph credited to IWM
Nellie Mabel SAW. Staff Nurse 2 Reserve/S348 QAIMNSR. 26 General Hospital, Étaples France. Died at 3-30pm in Albany, Western Australia 31 March 1919 aged 29 of tuberculosis, contracted whilst nursing wounded soldiers in France. At rest in Methodist Section in the (Old) Albany Memorial Park Cemetery, Western Australia.
Ethel SAXON. Staff Nurse TFNS. Died 3 September 1917 aged 26. Laid to rest in Karachi Cemetery. Grave BA. A. 15.
Commemorated on the India Gate, Delhi Memorial, India
Elsa Jean Morris SCHLUTER. Nursing Sister 270959 QAIMNSR.
Died 18 July 1945 aged 25. At rest in Karachi War Cemetery, Pakistan
Banka Island Massacre
Marjorie SCHUMAN. Nursing Sister NFX/70520, AANS. Australian Imperial Force 10th Australian General Hospital.
Passenger on evacuation ship Vyner Brook which was sunk by Japanese air bombardment 14 February 1942 she survived that sinking and was rescued by S S Kuala which was also sunk the same day she did not survive. She was aged aged 31. Commemorated on the Singapore Memorial, Singapore.
Isabella SCOTT. Sister 350739 QAIMNS.
Daughter of John and Jessie Mabel Scott, of Eccles, Lancashire.
Died 21 August 1946 aged 33. Commemorated on the Delhi War Memorial, India
Lilian Mary SEAVELL. VAD Nursing. S.P.S. Nurse, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Mandalay, Burma.
Adopted daughter of Francis and Rosamond Seavell, of 48 Alma Vale Road, Clifton, Bristol. Died on S.S. Empire Citizen 3 February 1941 aged 39.
Kathleen Mary SELFE. Nursing Sister VAD. in Singapore.
She died on the bombing and sinking of the ship by Japanese bombers off Pom Pong island 14 February 1942 aged 38. She is commemorated on the S.S.Kuala Memorial,
Olive Marianne SELLAR. Nurse BRCS. Stationed at Chelsea Military Hospital. Died in Marylebone, London 10 May 1918 aged 45 of an illness contracted on duty in England. Photograph credited to IWM
Edith Pattie SELLORS. VAD Nursing. Born 1876 at Belper, Derbyshire. Died of Influenza at Scarborough, Yorkshire 21 November 1918 aged 41
Doris Ena SENIOR. Nursing Sister 260544 QAIMNSR. Died at sea 12 February 1944 aged 27 on the sinking of SS Khedive Ismail.
Mary SENIOR. (Mrs) Nurse BRCS. Died 31 December 1917 of an illness contracted on duty. She may have been Mary L Senior who died 1917 aged 57 in the registration of Doncaster
Doreen M SENTANCE. Sister 309002, QAIMNS. Died 27 March 1947 at Connaught Military Hospital, Bramsholt, Surrey. Effects went to her mother. At rest in Lavender Hill Cemetery, Enfield, Middlesex
R SEQUEIRA. Nursing Cadet. 3136 ANS (India) Born 1925 to John Sequeira, of Kulchekar, South Kanara, India. Died 28 July 1946 aged 21. Commemorated on the Delhi/Karachi 1939-1945 War Memorial, India.
Florence Jane SETTLE. Nurse BRCS. VAD
Born 1878 Died at Hastings, Sussex 10 September 1916 aged 37
Constance Emily Mary SEYMOUR. Special Military Probationary Nurse 83/S7564. QAIMNS. Nursing at The Connaught Hospital, Marlborough Lines, Aldershot Garrison in Hampshire. Died cerebro-spinal meningitis. 12 February 1917 aged 29 in Connaught Hospital Hampshire. At rest in Aldershot Military Cemetery, Hampshire.
Charlotte Mary SHARPE. Nursing Sister 209221 QAIMNSR
Died 2 July 1944. At rest in Nassington and Yarwell Cemetery, Northamptonshire
Edna Alice SHAW. Nursing Sister NFX119281 AANS.
Died at sea on the sinking of hospital ship SS Centaur 14 May 1943 aged 35.
Evelyn Fidgeon SHAW. Nurse 14928 First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Awarded the Croix de Guerre with Palm. Died as the result of a contagious illness contracted whilst on duty in France 24 August 1918 aged 37. At rest in Sezanne Communal Cemetery. Sezanne, Department de la Marne, Champagne-Ardenne,
Anna Madeline, k/a Lena SHAW. Nurse VAD. Died at 17 Lypiatt Terrace, Cheltenham 2 March 1917 aged 33 of complications following a severe attack of influenza. At rest in Cheltenham Cemetery, Cheltenham Plot R Grave 3318.
Nancy Margaret SHAW. Nurse BRCS died 01 December 1918
Nellie SHAW. Staff Nurse QAIMNS ( Australian) died 31 March 1919 aged 29
Winifred SHEPHERD. Nurse BRCS. Born 1882. Died of illness contracted on duty at Royal Naval Hospital Plymouth, Devon 17 June 1917 aged 35.
Helen SHERIDAN. Probationer Nurse at Salford Royal Hospital Greater Manchester. Killed in her hospital during the blitz 2 June 1941 aged 18. At rest in St Anne and Blessed Dominic Roman Catholic Church, St Helens, Lancashire.
Florence Nightingale SHORE. 2 Res/S907. Nursing Sister QAIMNSR.
About the 12 January 1920 she was violently assaulted on a train and left for dead. She was found and admitted into East Sussex Hospital Hastings. 16th January she passed away in the hospital aged 55. Her funeral was Tuesday 20 January 1920 at 2-30pm at St Saviours Church, The Grove, Ealing, Middlesex from there to the Westminster Cemetery, Hanwell.
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Fanny SHORTT. Nurse VAD. Died on the 26 December 1918 aged 32 of stomach cancer. Prior to her posting to the hospital she was residing at Curran near Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland.
Lilian SILLAVAN. Nurse VAD BRCS. 2nd Western General Hospital, Stockport Manchester Died 1 October 1918 aged 26
Agnes Moore SIM. Nurse with Colonial Nursing Service. She was a passenger on evacuation ship S.S. Kuala when it was bombed and sunk by Japanese bombers off Pom Pong island 14 February 1942.
Elizabeth SIMPSON. Nurse TFNS Died 10 May 1917 aged 23. At rest in Uphall Cemetery, West Lothian.
Carmen SIMS. VAD Nursing in Singapore. She was a passenger on evacuation ship S.S. Kula killed when the ship was bombed and sunk by enemy aircraft off Pom Pong Island on the east coast of Sumatra 14 February 1942 she was aged 21
Vyner Brooke Incident taken POW and died
Irene Ada SINGLETON. Nursing Sister VFX48842 AANS, attached to 2/9th Australian Field Ambulance. Died a prison of war in a Japanese POW Camp at Sumatra at Muntok, Banka Island, Indonesia 20 February 1945 aged 36. At rest in Jakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia.
Hilda Rose SLANN. Nursing Sister 231431 QAIMNSR.
Died 5 October 1943 aged 54. (Cremation) Commemorated on Panel 16 on the City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, Manor Park, Essex.
Florence Emily SMALES. Nurse 5725 VAD attached to 19th General Hospital, Alexandria. Died of an illness in 19th General Military Hospital, Alexandria Egypt 13 October 1915 aged 25. At rest in Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt.
Joan Barbara SMETZER. Nurse, W/632444, VAD. Died 9 May 1944 aged 32 at Lowestaff and North Suffolk Hospital as the result of a fractured to base of skull received in a motor accident whilst on duty. At rest in Normanston Drive Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Constance SMITH. Staff Nurse S91 TFNS 1st Western General Hospital, Liverpool. Died 26 January 1920 aged 32. Cremated and ashes scattered. Commemorated on the Screen Wall at Lawnswood Cemetery, Leeds, Yorkshire.
Dorothy Mildred SMITH. Matron 206468 QAIMNS. Member of the Royal Red Cross, 1st Class. She died 20 January 1945 aged 44. At rest in Bells Hill Burial Ground, Hertfordshire. Row D3 Grave 73A
Dorothy Winifred SMITH. Nurse, (SRN) VAD
She died at the result of the sinking of S. S. City of Benares which was sunk by U-Boat U-48 on the 18 September 1940 in the Atlantic Ocean, 500 miles off the north-west coast of Ireland aged 26. Commemorated on the S.S. City of Benares Memorial.
Elsie Mary SMITH. Nursing Sister. Malayan Nursing Service at The General Hospital, Batugajak Perak, Malaya.
She was on S.S. Tanjong Pinang which was bombed and sunk by the Japanese in the Banka Straits off the east coast of Sumtra. She did not survive aged 44.
Frances Elizabeth SMITH. Staff Nurse 2Res/S1235 QAIMNSR, attached to Military, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Died aged 35 of Influenza and Broncho Pneumonia at 09.5am 01 July 1918 at Sisters’ Quarters, Aylesbury Military Hospital, 13 Walton Terrace, Aylesbury. Served 257 days. At rest in Gorton Cemetery, Manchester, Lancashire
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Jessie Sanderson Lowrie SMITH. Nursing Sister 301104 QAIMNSR.
Died 27 July 1947 aged 27. At rest in Dalkeith New Cemetery, Midlothian, Scotland.
Jeanie Macpherson Barclay SMITH. Nursing Sister QAIMNSR 24th General Hospital at Etaples. Died from endocarditis (rheumatic fever) 28 April 1916 aged 42. At rest in Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
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Mabel Elizabeth SMITH. Nurse VAD. Died at 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, London of influenza and pneumonia 7 November 1918 aged 24.
Margaret SMITH Nurse VED,BRCS died 16 August 1917 aged 44
Marjorie SMITH. Sister 260546 QAIMNSR
Died at sea 12 February 1944 aged 30 on the sinking of SS Khedive Ismail.
Marjorie Mary Maria Smith, nee Brinnicombe. Nurse,ND/9 Nursing Detachment Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps. Gang raped and murdered by Japanese soldiers 25 December 1941 aged 42 years.
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Susie Marie Colbourn SMITH. Staff Nurse 2Res/S670 QAIMNS.
Died at Wolverhampton 12 February 1916 aged 37. At rest in Wolverhampton Borough Cemetery, Staffordshire.
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Ellen (Ettie) Louise SMITHIES Staff Nurse TFNS, 3rd Southern General Hospital. Died 22 February 1919 aged 42 at QAIMNS Sisters Hospital Vincent Square, London. At rest in City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, Manor Park, Essex.
Jeannie SMITH-LEE. Nurse VAD. Attached to 30th Northumberland Detachment. Died 30 March 1917 aged 25 of an illness contracted on duty. At rest in St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France.
Letitia or Patricia Gladys SMYTH. Matron BRCS. 29 January 1917, helper in the Red Cross Clubs, Malta. transferred at the end of September 1917 to Egypt (location not given) reporting for duty 4 October 1917 until her death 4 March 1919 aged 35. Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Egypt
Gladys Mary SOMERVILLE, nee Wavish. Sister Colonial Service. Sister Colonial Service. Died at sea on the sinking of evacuation ship S.S. Tandjong Pinang 17 February 1942 aged 40. Commemorated in a Book of Remembrance in St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey, London
Gertrude SNELLING Nurse BRCS, VAD.
Nursed at Budworth Hall Auxiliary Hospital, High Street, Chipping Ongar, Essex. Died of septicaemia June 1919 registration district of Hull ROH list death 23 December 1917
Edith SNOW, nee Banbury. Nurse VAD attached to No 2 VAD Hospital, Exeter, County Devon. Died in Exeter Devon 9 January 1918 aged 54 of an illness contracted on duty. Laid to rest 11 January 1918 at St Catherine’s Churchyard, Whitestone, Teignbridge, Devon
Frances Winnifred SPAFFORD. Lieutenant, Sister RCAMC. 5th Canadian General Hospital Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. Died in her hospital 8 March 1941 aged 28. At rest in Cliveden War Cemetery, Buckinghamshire.
Madeline SPARGO, nee Hinds (Mrs). Nurse VAD BRCS. 2nd London General Hospital, St Marks College, Chelsea. Died in her hospital 25 March 1919 aged 48 of pneumonia contracted on duty. At rest in Highgate Cemetery, London.
Letitia (Etta) SPARKS Nursing Sister CAMC of 7th General Hospital.
She admitted to Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton, Sussex 9 August 1917. The mass was inoperable and she was in no condition to be invalided to Canada. She died from breast cancer 20 August 1917 aged 38. At rest in Bear Road Cemetery, Brighton City, Sussex
Vera Venitia SPEDDING. Nursing Sister 2151722 QAIMNS attached to 20th Combined General Hospital. Died 20 February 1940 aged 30. At rest in Brookwood Cemetery, St. Matthew's Avenue, Surrey.
Eileen Margaret SPELLEN. Nursing Sister 287256 QAIMNSR. Killed at Bishopstone Range 5 November 1944 aged 26. At rest in Herne Bay Cemetery
Isobel SPENCE Nursing Sister 274753 QAIMNSR.
Died 12 February 1944 aged 22 on the sinking of SS Khedive Ismail.
Nellie SPINDLER. Staff Nurse QAIMNSR. Stationed with 44th Casualty Clearing Station, Brandhoek, Belgium. Killed 21 August 1917 aged 26. At rest in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Belgium
Dorothy Jeannette SQUIRE. Nurse VAD at Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot. Died of influenza and syncope 22 October 1918 aged 29 in Cambridge Military Hospital.
Barbara Esmee St JOHN. Nurse, VAD of 112th. Sussex Detachment.
The 4 October 1916 she had scarlet fever and was making’ a good recovery, when paralysis set in. Died 12 October 1916 aged 31 at Landry's Paralysis, Wimereux, France. At rest in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.
Dorothy Louise STACEY. Staff Nurse QAIMNSR. 2nd Res/S519. Born 1893, died 5 October 1918 aged 25. At rest in Sherborne Cemetery, Dorset
Diana Evelyn STAFFORD, nee Jacques. Nurse, VAD at Singapore Hospital. Died on evacuation ship S.S. Tanjong Pinang which was bombed and sunk by the Japanese17 February 1942 aged 25. Commemorated in a Book of Remembrance in St. George's Chapel in Westminster Abbey, London.
Mary Florence STAFFORD. Staff Nurse AANS attached to 1st Australian General Hospital. She died of leukemia in Torrens Park, South Australia 20 March 1919 aged 27.
Margaret Brown STALKER. Nursing Sister 1stRes/S1326 QAIMNSR
1915 joined the QAIMNS. Died 18 January 1921 aged 34. At rest Comrie Cemetery, Perthshire
Alice May STALLARD. Nurse BRCS, VAD. 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham University, Birmingham. Died of broncho pneumonia 14 July 1918 aged 25. At rest in SS. Philip And James Churchyard, Hallow Worcestershire
Anna Irene STAMERS. Sister CAMC. Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle. Died 27 June 1918 aged 30 on the sinking of Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle. Commemorated on the Halifax Memorial, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Ada STANLEY. Staff Nurse TFNS. Died of typhus the Royal Victoria Hospital, or Netley Hospital, Southampton 22 December 1915 aged 46, At rest in St Paul Churchyard, Armitage, Yorkshire.
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Winifred STARLING. Nursing Sister 2ndRes/S148 QAIMNS of New Zealand Hospital, Walton-On-Thames, Surrey. Died on board on Board the Royal Mail Ship, Leinster which sunk by a German U-Boat in the Irish Sea 10 October 1918
Eva STAUNTON. Matron M.A.S. Died at sea on SS Kuala 14 February 1942 aged 48. SS Kula is her grave.
Constance Muriel STEELL. Nurse, VAD died 20 March 1917
Gertrude Annie STEPHENSON. Sister QAIMNSR died 5 March 1918 aged 42
Mary Sylvia STEPHENSON. Nurse, VAD (British Red Cross Society) died 9 November 1918
Lottie Mabel STEVENS. Staff Nurse QAIMNS died 15 March 1916
Christine STEWART. Nurse BRCS died 26 October 1918
Elizabeth STEWART. Matron died 23 October 1917 aged 31
Elizabeth Grace STEWART. Staff Nurse 2/Res.51 QAIMNSR. Died 15 February 1916 aged 27. At rest in Aldershot Military Cemetery, Hampshire.
Banka Island Massacre
Esther Sarah Jean STEWART. Nursing Sister (Lieutenant) NFX70936 AANS attached to 10th Australian General Hospital. Taken prisoner of war by the Japanese. On the 16 February 1942 the nurses were ordered to march into the sea and stand in a row where they were shot from behind. She was aged 37.
Kathleen Sinclair STEWART. Matron TFNS. Died at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Hound, Hampshire, 18 October 1918 aged 38.
